Proverbs 29:26 - Exposition

Many seek the ruler's favour ; literally, the countenance of the ruler . A variation of Proverbs 19:6 . There are numbers who are always trying, by means fair or surreptitious, to curry favour with a great man who has anything to bestow (comp. lKi Proverbs 10:24 ; Psalms 45:12 ). But every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. The real and only reliable judgment comes, not from an earthly prince, but from the Lord, whose approval or disapproval is final and indisputable. Therefore one should seek to please him rather than any man, however great and powerful.